4 Reasons To Have Multiple Backup Solutions In Place

There are many more than just 4 reasons for why you should have multiple solutions in place for backing up your business data. Having multiple platforms or types of solutions for data backup is known as having redundancy. Some businesses that cannot have downtime in any way, shape or form have plans in place for power and internet redundancy as well as for data backups.

There are too many businesses that dismiss the importance of stable backups. Even when there is a solution in place, it doesn’t necessarily mean that it’s the right solution. So, here are my 4 biggest reasons:

Reduce Downtime and Decreased Productivity – by having redundancy in place, your company can be back up and working within an hour in many cases. What is this worth to you?

Minimize Financial Loss – if data backups are not working properly or even corrupted and if you were to lose critical files, how much employee time would have to be spent to re-create the information that has been compromised.

Peace of Mind – as a business owner you have enough things to keep you up at night. Don’t let the lack of a solid and stable redundant backup solution stop you from getting your work done.

Just Because! You can’t depend on a single solution regardless of it being on-premise or in the cloud. There is no silver bullet. You need a strategy for dealing with potential data loss or even loss of connectivity. Each type of “loss” affects at least one other segment.

Now that you have a taste of some of the many reasons for a multi-pronged data backup solution in place, here is a bit of homework.

Review your current disaster recovery plan with your IT staff.

Determine if this solution or solutions are what you need to protect your business.

Work with your executive, administrative and IT staff to create or update a business continuity plan.

There is much more than what has been touched on in this article that should be taken into serious consideration. Data backup and security need to be managed. So, as with all the other aspects of your business and your life, be proactive!